There are three airports in the New York metropolitan area:
LaGuardia (LGA) airport, Kennedy (JFK) airport, and Newark (EWR) airport.
LaGuardia is the closest airport to Columbia University.

Conference Location
Information

Columbia University main campus, also known as the Morningside
campus, is located at Morningside Heights in Manhattan. The main entrance
is at Broadway and West 116th Street. Columbia University main campus is
between Broadway (at the west) and Amsterdam Avenue (at the east), and
between West 114th Street (at the south) and West 120th Street (at the
north). You can check Columbia University campus map here.

ACM MM'2004
has negotiated discounted rates at the conference hotel, On the Ave
Hotel. It is located on West 77th Street and Broadway on the Upper
West Side of Manhattan. Room rates are as follows: $150 for Sunday through
Thursday, and $195 for Friday and Saturday; room sizes are King or Queen.
Check-in time is 3:00pm (EST) and checkout time is 12:00 noon (EST). To
make reservations, please call 800.497.6028 or 212.362.1100, or fax
212.787.9521. In all cases, you must refer to "ACM/MM"
group in order to get the preferred rates. The cut off date is
September 16, 2004.

Taxis: (Yellow
Cabs) are available outside every terminal.
Ask for Columbia University, and
instruct the driver to take the Triborough Bridge to Manhattan. The taxi
fare is price fixed for Manhattan at $45, not including the ($3.50) toll
for the Triborough bridge, which will not appear on the meter. The
standard rate to tip in New York is 15% and does not apply to the toll.

Car Service: Most terminals have a ground transportation desk
which will be able to provide you with a list of Car Service companies.
A good cheap option is Carmel (Tel. 1-800-9-CARMEL,
or 666-6666 when in Manhattan). Their prices are $35 plus toll ($3) and
tip ($4) before 8:00pm, and $32 plus toll and tip afterwards. Call from
the terminal and they should have a car there within 5-10 minutes.
Alternatively, for an extra $4 you can arrange for the driver to meet
you at baggage reclaim.

New York Airport
Service: Buses run every 20 to 30 minutes between 7:00am and
9:30pm, stopping ouside each terminal in turn. The fare is $13 each way.
This bus service stops twice in Manhattan, at Park Avenue and 41st
Street, and at the Port
Authority Bus Terminal on 8th Avenue and 42nd Street. At Park
Avenue, the options are a taxi or the westbound #104 bus
on 42nd Street. At Port
Authority, either take a taxi or the subway
($2.00).

Air
Train + Subway: This is the cheapest way to get into the city.
First take the Air Train to get to Howard Beach station. Then take the "A" train into Manhattan, and at the 59th street station, switch to the
1/9 train uptown. The Columbia University stop is at 116th street and
Broadway.

Taxis:
(Yellow Cabs) are available outside every terminal.
Ask for Columbia University, and
instruct the driver to take the Triborough Bridge to Manhattan. The taxi
fare should be approximately $25 including the ($3.00) toll for the
bridge, which will not appear on the meter. The standard rate to tip in
New York is 15% and does not apply to the toll.

Car Service: Most terminals have a ground transportation desk
which will be able to provide you with a list of Car Service companies.
A good cheap option is Carmel (Tel. 1-800-9-CARMEL,
or 666-6666 when in Manhattan). Their prices are $25 plus toll ($3) and
tip ($4). Call from the terminal and they should have a car there within
5-10 minutes. Alternatively, for an extra $4 you can arrange for the
driver to meet you at baggage reclaim.

Super
Shuttle: Rates range from $13 to $22. From any location in
Manhattan. Call 212 BLUE-VAN (212-258-3826). They ask that you give them
1 day's advance notice.

New York Airport
Service: Buses run about every half hour Grand Central Station
at 42nd street and Park Avenue. The fare is $10 for a one way trip. You
can then either take a taxi ($10) or the westbound #104 bus
on 42nd Street ($2.00).

The M60 Bus: runs directy from the airport to Columbia
Campus, with a fare of $2. For more information, see the bus
section of this page.

New Jersey Transit: Buses leave from every terminal
to the Port
Authority Bus Terminal, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, leaving every
15 minutes. The price is $7 each way, and the trip takes about 30
minutes. At Port
Authority, find a taxi cab, take the subway,
or catch the M104
bus at the northeast corner of 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue.

Car Service: All terminals have a ground transportation desk
which will be able to provide you with a list of Car Service companies.
A good cheap option is Carmel (Tel. 1-800-9-CARMEL,
or 666-6666 when in Manhattan). Their prices are $34 plus tolls (around
$8) and tip ($4) before 8:00pm, and a few dollars more afterwards. Ask
for Columbia University, at 116th and Broadway, Manhattan.

Direction from On the Ave Hotel

Take the subway at West 79th Street and Broadway. Take
the 1 or 9
train heading uptown (north) to 116th Street / Columbia
University.

Columbia University can be easily reached by taking subway 1 or 9 line. The
fare is $2 per trip, no matter how far you go. You will need to purchase
a ticket (called a metro card and looks like ) from a machine in
the station (which take cash, debit and credit cards) or from a person
in a little booth (who probably only takes cash). You need to swipe the
card at the turnstile in the station to enter (though you don't need it
to get out).

When you on the subway, listen carefully for announcements in case
they are doing work. They always announce route changes, though
sometimes it's hard to hear what they are saying. Ask someone if you
don't get the announcement.

When you get off the subway at the 116th Street / Columbia
University station, exit the station by going up the stairs to the
street on the right (east) side. Then you are on broadway and you will
see the main gates to Columbia University in front of you.

Exact fare of $2.00 is required, payable using coins. Bus drivers
cannot accept bills. Transfers to connecting buses are free, and are
usually time stamped to the closest hour. New magnetic stripe MetroCards
are also available.

M4: Runs along broadway, across 110th Street, down Fifth
avenue, and back up Madison Avenue. Schedule (PDF, 87K)

M5: Runs along Riverside drive north of 72nd Street, then
across to broadway and down into Midtown. Schedule
(PDF, 84K)

M11: North of 110th, this takes Amsterdam Avenue. South of
110th the downtown M11 uses Columbus Avenue, and the uptown uses
Amsterdam. Schedule (PDF, 82K)

M60: This may be caught outside the main gates at Broadway
and 116th. It goes up to 120th, across to Amsterdam, up to and along
125th to the Triborough Bridge, then over into Queens and La Guardia
Airport. Schedule
(PDF, 82K)

M104: Runs along Broadway, and then east along 42nd to the
U.N. The uptown runs along 42nd, up 8th, and then up Broadway. Schedule
(PDF, 82K)